The Light Fantastic
(1952)
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The Light Fantastic
(1952)
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Larry Parks | ... |
Jud Parker
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| Elizabeth Taylor | ... |
Anastacia (Stacie) Macaboy
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Josephine Hutchinson | ... |
Mrs. Macaboy
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Tom Tully | ... |
Mr. Charles E. Macaboy
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| Ann Doran | ... |
Mrs. Levoy
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| Elinor Donahue | ... |
Pattie Marie Levoy
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| Kathleen Freeman | ... |
Mrs. Kahrney
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Doreen McCann | ... |
Albertina Kahrney
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Alex Gerry | ... | |
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Dick Wessel | ... |
Smitty
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The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Thus she plans a trap for him... Written by Volker Boehm
The young Elizabeth Taylor looks gorgeous. But she wears an unbecoming hairstyle. I have read about Larry Parks but never before this seen him in anything. I am very sympathetic to the tribulations he endured as a result of HUAC. Nevertheless, in this movie, he turns in such a sour, uninterested performance, he sinks the movie.
Not that there is much to sink. Taylor, yes. And Tom Tully, droll as her father. However, the ploy is negligible. And, as she plays a dancing teacher, we see dancing children. I love children but not here! The ostensibly cute dance scenes we have to watch wouldn't make it into a small town talent contest.
Maybe MGM was trying to figure out what to do with Taylor, no longer the child of "National Velvet." Thankfully, we have her earlier movies and many, many later ones.